In this episode, I touch on the big news as the NFF finally unveiled Finidi George as the New Super Eagles head coach on a 1 year contract! I then reviewed the weekend performances involving Nigerian players with a number of them playing major roles for their club sides including Ademola Lookman and Paul Onuachu. I rounded off the episode previewing the games for the upcoming fixtures to look out for involving Nigerian footballers and other updates concerning the national team. Check out our You...
May 13, 2024ā¢29 minā¢Ep. 85
In this episode, I reviewed the weekend performances involving Nigerian players with a number of them playing major roles for their club sides including Victor Osimhen, Isaac Success & Victor Boniface! I rounded off the episode previewing the games for the upcoming fixtures to look out for involving Nigerian footballers and other updates concerning the national team. Check out our YouTube channel where you can also watch the episode: https://bit.ly/NigeriaFootballWeekly Linktree - https://li...
May 07, 2024ā¢23 minā¢Ep. 84
In this episode, I touch on the breaking news of Finidi George being named Head Coach of the Super Eagles I then reviewed the eventful weekend that various Nigerian players had with a number of them playing major roles in their teamsā performances, especially Ademola Lookman and the returning Paul Onuachu. I rounded off the episode previewing the games for the upcoming weekend fixtures to look out for involving Nigerian footballers and other updates concerning the national team. Check out our Yo...
Apr 29, 2024ā¢27 minā¢Ep. 83
In this episode, I reviewed the eventful weekend that different Nigerian players had across Europe with a number of them playing major roles in their teamsā performances including Lookman who assisted two goals in Atalanta's 2-1 win over Monza to keep them in the hunt for a UCL spot. Cyriel Dessers scored twice as Rangers beat Hearts 2-0 to book a spot in the Scottish Cup Final while Chidera Ejuke scored the winner for Royal Antwerp in their 1-0 win over Cercle Brugge in Belgium. Wilfred Ndidi s...
Apr 22, 2024ā¢29 minā¢Ep. 82
Quite a number of Super Eagles players were outstanding over the past two weeks of club football including Raphael Onyedika, Victor Osimhen & Frank Onyeka to name a few Additionally, the first major league champions in the top 5 leagues have been crowned as Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella are now Bundesliga champions with Bayer Leverkusen after their 5-0 thrashing of Werder Bremen on Sunday I rounded off the episode previewing the games for the upcoming weekend fixtures to look out for invo...
Apr 17, 2024ā¢26 minā¢Ep. 81
The Super Eagles players returned to club action this weekend and many of them came back in good form. I rounded off the episode previewing the games for the upcoming weekend fixtures to look out for involving Nigerian footballers and other updates concerning the national team. Check out our YouTube channel where you can also watch the episode: https://bit.ly/NigeriaFootballWeekly Linktree - https://linktr.ee/nigeriafootballweekly Twitter - https://twitter.com/NFWPod Host: @GoonerTwin Instagram ...
Apr 03, 2024ā¢26 minā¢Ep. 80
In this episode, I discuss the Super Eaglesā friendly games against Ghana and Mali and give my opinions in detail on the first two games after AFCON handled by interim coach Finidi George I rounded off the episode previewing the games for the upcoming weekend fixtures to look out for involving Nigerian footballers Check out our YouTube channel where you can also watch the episode: https://bit.ly/NigeriaFootballWeekly Linktree - https://linktr.ee/nigeriafootballweekly Twitter - https://twitter.co...
Mar 27, 2024ā¢25 minā¢Ep. 79
In this episode, I discuss the latest Super Eagles squad called up for the friendly games against Ghana & Mali by the NFF including giving my anticipated XI + prediction for the Ghana game. I rounded off the episode reviewing the weekendās action across Europe involving Nigerian players including Terem Moffiās brace for Nice in their 3-1 win over Lens over the weekend Check out our YouTube channel where you can also watch the episode: https://bit.ly/NigeriaFootballWeekly Linktree - https://l...
Mar 21, 2024ā¢32 minā¢Ep. 78
In this episode, I reviewed Osimhenās midweek hat trick & assist in Napoliās 6-1 rout of Sassuolo on Wednesday before he won the pen in Napoliās 2-1 win over Juventus on Sunday, which he missed but Raspadori scored the rebound! Chidera Ejuke was back in form registering a goal & assist in Royal Antwerpās 3-0 win over St. Truiden over the weekend. Joe Aribo scored the winner for Southampton in their 4-3 win over Birmingham City while Terem Moffi, Ademola Lookman & Bright Osayi-Samuel ...
Mar 05, 2024ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 77
Iwobi and Bassey scored the goals for Fulham that earned them a win against Man United at Old Trafford. Calvin Bassey opened the scoring in the 65th minute and Manchester United had to start chasing the equalizer till the end of the game, Harry Maguire found the equalizer in the 89th minute, but Alex Iwobi and Fulham had other plans. Substitute, Adama Traore set up Alex Iwobi in the 7th minute of stoppage time and Alex Iwobi made no mistakes when he cut in and slotted the ball into the left-hand...
Feb 26, 2024ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 76
The Super Eagles have done it and are through to the final of the continentās showpiece event AFCON after a tense Semi-final against South Africa which we won 4-2 on penalties after it finished 1-1 AET! This game literally had everything and I recap the eventful semi-final which was Nigeriaās 3rd semi-final win in the competition since the millennium! I then previewed the big one! The Africa Cup of Nations final against the hosts Cote dāIvoire who we beat 1-0 during the group stage and weāll be ...
Feb 09, 2024ā¢23 minā¢Ep. 75
The Super Eagles are into the Semi final of the Africa Cup of Nations after an effective & one-sided 1-0 win over the Antelopes of Angola in the quarter-final on Friday. Ademola Lookman was once again the difference maker and I reviewed the game in detail and the other quarter-final clashes I then previewed our eagerly anticipated Semi-final tie against South Africa taking place on Wednesday 6pm Nigerian time. I spoke on the history of the tie, anticipated XIs of both teams & my anticipa...
Feb 05, 2024ā¢20 minā¢Ep. 74
Wow wow wow! I reviewed our dominant 2-0 win over our rivals Cameroon in the round of 16 in detail before providing updates on all the other round of 16 ties! I then previewed our eagerly anticipated Quarter Final tie against Angola taking place on Friday 6pm Nigerian time. I spoke on the history of the tie, anticipated XIs of both teams & my anticipated score prediction I rounded up the podcast with my predictions for the other quarter final ties taking place! Check out our Youtube Channel ...
Jan 31, 2024ā¢22 minā¢Ep. 73
In this episode, I reviewed our final group game, which ended in a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau and touched on all the other games that took place in Matchday 3 I then previewed our mouth-watering Round of 16 clash against our biggest rivals on the continent - Cameroon taking place on Saturday 9pm Nigerian time. I spoke on the history of the tie, anticipated XIs of both teams & my anticipated score prediction I rounded up the podcast with my predictions for the other round of 16 ties taking pl...
Jan 26, 2024ā¢22 minā¢Ep. 72
In this episode, I reviewed our stunning 1-0 win over the hosts Ivory Coast yesterday in Abidjan! I spoke on the tactical tweak & the best performances from our players including Aina, Lookman & Bassey! Additionally, I previewed our final group game taking place on Monday against Guinea-Bissau who have lost both of their games so far before rounding up by touching on all the other games happening in the tournament over the coming days & the ones that have just taken place Check out o...
Jan 19, 2024ā¢21 minā¢Ep. 71
In this episode, I reviewed our AFCON opener against Equatorial Guinea which ended in a disappointing 1-1 draw this past Sunday although on a positive note Victor Osimhen did score his first ever AFCON goal! Additionally, I previewed our 2nd game taking place on Thursday against the hosts Ivory Coast and I also touched on all the other games happening in the tournament Check out our Youtube Channel where you can also watch the episode: https://bit.ly/NigeriaFootballWeekly Linktree - https://link...
Jan 16, 2024ā¢18 minā¢Ep. 70
Episode 69: Super Eagles 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Preview! In this episode, I previewed the upcoming Africa Cup Of Nations, which gets underway in Ivory Coast on Saturday with Nigeria drawn in Group A alongside the hosts Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea & Guinea-Bissau. Our first game takes place on Sunday January 14th against Equatorial Guinea I ran through how the teams in Group A qualified while also previewing the Equatorial Guinea game in detail including my anticipated starting XI for ...
Jan 11, 2024ā¢34 minā¢Ep. 69
Zaidu Sanusi came off the bench to score his 1st ever Champions League goal as FC Porto brushed aside Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on Tuesday night! Prior to that in Italy, Ademola Lookman scored his 2nd Serie A goal of the season, which was the winner as Atalanta beat Fiorentina 1-0 to stay 2nd in the league In the Premier League, Alex Iwobi bagged his 3rd assist of the season for Everton as they came from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 away with Joe Aribo netting the solitary goal for the Saints, whic...
Oct 06, 2022ā¢25 minā¢Ep. 68
The NFF announced the Super Eagles squad list for the friendly against Algeria taking place on Tuesday September 27th in Oran as part of the launch of the new Olympic Stadium in Algeria. I went through the list talking about the first time call ups, returnees & baffling snubs from the list. Additionally, I previewed the game against Algeria including an anticipated starting XI based on Jose Peseiroās previous tactics in our AFCON qualifying games against Sierra Leone & Sao Tome Nike also...
Sep 22, 2022ā¢36 minā¢Ep. 67
Chidera Ejuke bagged his first goal contribution in the Bundesliga with an assist in Hertha Berlinās 2-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen over the weekend at home & looked generally lively for his new club In Portugal, Saviour Godwin continued his great start to life in the Portuguese top-flight with a goal in Casa Piaās 3-2 win away to Pacos Ferreira leading to the newly promoted side impressively occupying 6th spot in the Primeira Liga after 6 games so far In France, Moses Simon scored a cons...
Sep 14, 2022ā¢20 minā¢Ep. 66
Calvin Basseyās reputation continues to grow massively as heās been in excellent form for Ajax, initially starring & getting an assist in their 4-0 win league over Cambur over the weekend before making his UEFA Champions League debut on Tuesday against his former team Rangers. He went on to get another clean sheet & assist as Ajax ran out comfortable 4-0 winners on the night! He is easily the present & future of the national teamās defence and he needs to be a certain starter at left...
Sep 10, 2022ā¢18 minā¢Ep. 65
In France, Terem Moffi seems to have regained his 20/21 season form as he bagged a brace over the weekend in Lorientās 2-1 win at home against Clermont Foot before scoring another 2 goals on Wednesday night in a 5-2 loss away to Lens leaving him as the 4th top scorer in Ligue 1 so far with Lorient sitting comfortably in 7th place. Moses Simon was also on target over the weekend in Nantes 3-1 home win over Toulouse before he unfortunately suffered an injury that should keep him out for two weeks ...
Sep 02, 2022ā¢22 minā¢Ep. 64
In Italy, Victor Osimhen continued his excellent start to the Serie A season with his 2nd goal in as many games for Napoli in their 4-0 thrashing of newly promoted Monza on Sunday, which has taken them to the top of Serie A after two games. In Spain, Umar Sadiq scored his 1st ever La Liga goal on Monday night in Almeriaās 1-1 draw away to Elche while in Portugal, Saviour Godwin scored his 1st goal in the Portuguese top flight for Casa Pia in their 2-0 win over Boavista on Sunday afternoon In the...
Aug 23, 2022ā¢24 minā¢Ep. 63
Itās been a great weekend of football for Super Eagles players with a number of our players putting in excellent performances for their respective club sides! In Italy, Victor Osimhen got his Serie A campaign off to an excellent start for Napoli bagging a goal & assist on Monday night in their 5-2 thrashing of Verona while Ademola Lookman scored on his debut for Atalanta in a 2-0 win over Sampdoria. David Okereke also continued his excellent start to life as a Cremonese player scoring on his...
Aug 16, 2022ā¢27 minā¢Ep. 62
First weekend of Premier League football is in the bank! Serie A + La Liga return this weekend Ademola Lookman has completed his permanent transfer to Atalanta & Cyriel Dessers has been signed by Cremonese taking the Nigerian contingent in Serie A to 9 players as at today David Okereke & Isaac Success both scored goals for their Cremonese & Udinese respectively over the weekend in the Italian Cup 1st round while in Turkey Henry Onyekuru got his career for Adama Demirspor off to a gre...
Aug 11, 2022ā¢24 minā¢Ep. 61
Football is back! I previewed the new upcoming football season starting with all the major transfers involving Nigerian players in Europe so far before touching on the top players to watch this season across the top leagues I also gave my predictions for the Premier League season including the winner, top 4, teams to be relegated, player of the season, top scorer and the team of the season Cyriel Dessers continued his hot start to the season with a brace for Genk over the weekend to take his tal...
Aug 03, 2022ā¢39 minā¢Ep. 60
The Nigeria Football Federation announced the appointment of Jose Peseiro on a 1 year deal on Sunday with the Portuguese manager expected to charge of the upcoming friendlies against Mexico & Canada as well as the AFCON qualifiers against Sierra Leone & Mauritius. Finidi George has also been appointed as the 1st assistant of the national team with Salisu Yusuf appointed the 2nd Assistant, as well as Head Coach of the CHAN & U23 Teams. Usman Abdallah will be the 3rd Assistant while Eb...
May 17, 2022ā¢28 minā¢Ep. 59
The Nigeria Football Federation announced the Super Eagles squad list for the friendly games taking place in the USA against Mexico at the AT&T stadium in Texas on Sunday May 29th and against Ecuador on Friday June 3rd taking place at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey including a recall for Cyriel Dessers & a first call up for Royal Antwerpās Alhassan Yusuf. The NFF also called up 8 home based players but surprisingly excluded the Bundesliga pair of Taiwo Awoniyi & Kevin Akpoguma alth...
May 11, 2022ā¢39 minā¢Ep. 58
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Moses Simon playing a stellar role for Nantes by scoring a brace in their 2-2 draw away to Lens in Ligue 1 as they continue to prepare for their French Cup final taking place next week against Nice. Terem Moffi on the other hand scored a magnificent solo goal for Lorient in their 2-1 loss at home to Reims and it was his 9th league goal of the season In Italy, Victor Osimhen was back at i...
May 04, 2022ā¢25 minā¢Ep. 57
I ran through how our Super Eagles players performed in the top European leagues over the past week including Moses Simon playing a stellar role for Nantes in their 5-3 win over Bordeaux in Ligue 1 as they continue to prepare for their French Cup final taking place in just under a fortnight In Italy, Isaac Success continues to settle in nicely in Serie A at Udinese and he bagged his 2nd league goal & 7th assist of the season over the weekend in a 2-2 draw away to Bologna In Russia, Chidera E...
Apr 26, 2022ā¢30 minā¢Ep. 56
